29 CFR 1910 OSHA GENERAL INDUSTRY REGULATIONS

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1 29 CFR 1910 OSHA GENERAL INDUSTRY REGULATIONS Subpart G Occupational Health & Environmental Control Occupational Noise Exposure (c) Hearing Conservation Programs I Still Can t Hear You

2 Experience 1995 Present AstenJohnson, Inc. Corporate Global Safety & Continuous Improvement Manager Investigated 1 Loss of Life & over 12 Critical Injuries Northwest Airlines Director of Aircraft Maintenance (DC-9 Fleet) Witnessed 1 Critical Injury Investigation Team member for A/C incident that cost 110 lives Delta Airlines Aircraft Mechanic Witnessed 1 Loss of Life Involved in a 10M Near Miss Personal BS & MS degrees (Georgia Tech) Married / Children / Grands Avid runner Safety & Human Resource Consultant OSHA Outreach Trainer for 10 & 30 hr. General Industry, Safety Auditing, Training shegt80@bellsouth.net or shegt80@gmail.com

3 Occupational Noise Exposure (a) - (o) Occupational Noise Exposure (a) Protection against the effects of noise exposure

4 (b)(1) & (2) Exceeding limits requires 1. Administrative Controls 2. Engineering Controls If 1 and / or 2 do not reduce to allowable levels, Table G-16 Permissible Noise Exposure then 3, PPE shall be provided & used to reduce levels to within allowable levels in the Table Table: OSHA

5 (c) Hearing Conservation Program (c) Hearing Conservation Program (1) Ee exposed to equal or exceed 85 dba over an 8 hr. TWA Action Level

6 Occupational Noise Exposure (c) Hearing Conservation Programs Occupational Noise Exposure Appendix A Noise Exposure Computation Appendix B Methods for Estimating the Adequacy of Hearing Protection Attenuation Appendix C Audiometric Measuring Instruments Appendix D Audiometric Test Rooms Appendix E Acoustic Calibration of Audiometers Appendix F Calculation and Application of Age Corrections to Audiograms Appendix G Monitoring Noise Levels Appendix H Availability of Referenced Document Appendix I Definitions

7 (d)(e)(f) Monitoring / ee Notification / Monitoring observations (d) Monitoring equal or exceed 85 dba over an 8hr. TWA: (1) Development & Implement monitoring program (2) Repeat monitoring (e) Inform exposed ees (f) Allow ees / rep. to observe monitoring if they wish

8 (g)(h) Audiometric Testing Program / Requirements (g)(1) Audiometric Testing Program No cost to ee Baseline Annual & Evaluation Compare to Baseline Follow-up Baseline Revising Standard Threshold Shift (h) Requirements Hz Specs American National Standard Specification for Audiometers Instruments Appendix C Note: Do yourself a favor; conduct baseline audiograms for all new employees

9 (i)(j) Hearing Protectors (i) Hearing Protectors Make available to ees exposed to 85 dba over 8 hr. TWA Er ensure protectors are worn Worn by ee exposed but has not had baseline audiogram Worn by ee that has experienced a threshold shift Ee has opportunity to select from a variety provided by er Provide training in use & care of protectors Er has to ensure proper initial fitting & supervise correct use (j) Hearing Protection Attenuation ( Er responsibility) Evaluation of protectors (Appendix B) Must attenuate to at least 90 dba Must attenuate to at least 85 dba or below for ee that had experienced a threshold shift Re-evaluate whenever the adequacy no longer provides adequate attenuation

10 (i)(j) Hearing Protectors / with Radios Depends on your company s policy & how your program is written.

11 (k)(l) Training (k) Training Program Dev. / implement program for those exposed to noise level at or above 85 dba over 8hr. TWA Ensure participation Repeated annually for ees in the hearing conservation program 1. Effects of noise on hearing 2. Purpose of protectors, advantages, attenuation types, selection, fitting, use & care 3. Purpose of audiometric testing & explanation of test procedures (l) Information access & training materials Make available to affected ees / representative copy of & post in workplace Provide informational materials provided by OSHA Upon request, all materials related to er training & education program

12 (m)(n)(o) Recordkeeping (m) Recordkeeping Exposure measurements Audiometric Tests Name & classification of ee, audiogram date, examiner s name, date of equipment calibration, ees most recent noise exposure assessment, & background sound pressure levels in audiometric test rooms Record retention Noise exposure measurement records 2 years Ee audiometric test duration of affected ee employment Access to records Transfer of records (n)(o) Appendices & Exemptions A, B, C, D, E, F, & G Oil & gas well drilling operations

13 Noise Exposures Examples Source dba Whisper 20 Refrigerator 40 Conversation 60 Average TV 74 Blender 80 Source dba Walkman 90 Woodworking Gun Shot Riding Motorcycle 100 Snow Mobile 120 Rock Concert 140

14 Noise Exposures Examples

15 29 CFR 1910 OSHA GENERAL INDUSTRY REGULATIONS Subpart G Occupational Health & Environmental Control Occupational Noise Exposure (c) Hearing Conservation Programs Questions / Comments / Feedback

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